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Events on Friday 27 November 1942 2
1942Jimi Hendrix born in SeattleJohnny Allen HendrixRenamed James Marshall Hendrix by his father at four.
1942Scuttling of the French fleet at ToulonFrench navy sinks its own ships to keep them from GermanyGerman forces occupied Vichy France in response to Operation Torch, and on 27 November they moved to seize the French fleet at Toulon. French crews scuttled more than 70 ships, including battleships and cruisers, before the Germans could take them. Almost none could be used by the Axis.